Anavex Life Sciences Corp (AVXL)

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Or... it already is a done deal back in September when Missling was awarded 500,000 options. The material transfer was made and a NDA is signed and AVXL has to observe a "Quiet Period".
Biogen could have gotten nervous that some other BP might make a hostile bid and foul up the AVXL/BIIB deal.
To prevent this from happening, Missling drafted the shareholders rights proposal.